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Upcoming Projects

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The City and its education and research projects have a number of TeachingCity projects underway and planned for the coming months. Learn more below.

Stormwater Pond Water Quality Research Study

In May 2018, the City began a two-year Stormwater Pond Water Quality Research Study in conjunction with the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. The project offers an exceptional opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students from the University of Ontario Institute of Technology and Trent University to learn about the importance of stormwater management in urbanizing regions. Students will acquire a range of field, laboratory, and analytical skills while the City gains important, evidence-based information to guide its stormwater policies. Read the media release.

Municipal Natural Assets Initiative

As one of five municipalities selected to team up with the Municipal Natural Assets Initiative (M.N.A.I.) to become a M.N.A.I. community, the City will have access to expertise, support and guidance from M.N.A.I. in identifying, valuing and accounting for natural assets in Oshawa’s financial planning and asset management programs. The project, scheduled to begin in summer 2018, will study the Oshawa Creek and involve students and faculty from Trent University and the University of Ontario Institute of Technology.

Active Transportation for an Age Friendly Community research study

In 2018, the City will collaborate with the University of Ontario Institute of Technology and the Oshawa Senior Citizens Centres on a research study to understand both barriers and promoters of the active transportation of older adults residing in Oshawa. The study will include recommendations on how to address identified barriers with a goal of increasing active transportation in the community, advancing the City’s Active Transportation Plan, and helping to inform the City’s planning policies.

Downtown Oshawa Air Quality and Traffic Monitoring project

The City is joining the Southern Ontario Centre for Atmospheric Aerosol Research at the University of Toronto, AUG Signals, the University of Ontario Institute of Technology and North Line Canada in a research study to monitor air quality and traffic movements in Oshawa’s downtown core. A seven- to eight-month assessment that will begin in 2018, the project will use compact sensors to monitor air quality and traffic movements with an aim to increase the City’s understanding of environmental issues in downtown Oshawa and to identify options and opportunities for improving the quality of the pedestrian experience.

TeachingCity Hub

On May 14, 2018, the City and its TeachingCity partners celebrated a successful first year with the opening of the TeachingCity Hub in downtown Oshawa.

Located at 1 Mary Street, the hub is an open-concept space designed to facilitate TeachingCity projects with the City’s education and research partners, including students, faculty and staff. Providing opportunities for TeachingCity partners to share access to facilities, resources and equipment, and offering office, classroom and open lab space, the hub is used for TeachingCity partnership meetings, collaborative learning opportunities and co-design.

TeachingCity Hub mural

A recent Durham College graduate from the college’s School of Media, Art & Design will collaborate with TeachingCity partners to create and install a mural at the TeachingCity Hub. The artwork will reflect the partnership’s key principles: collaboration, innovation, applied research, experiential learning and knowledge transfer.

City Idea Lab

The City Idea Lab is a collaborative, course-based pilot project between the City and its academic partners that will offer experiential learning opportunities to post-secondary students via a credit course at the TeachingCity Hub. Students will work in a lab environment where they will learn about identified urban issues in Oshawa and collaborate with City staff to co-design possible solutions. Students from the University of Ontario Institute of Technology and Durham College will begin in the City Idea Lab in the 2018/2019 school year.